Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Wiggins, MS
Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Wiggins, Mississippi, and NPI 1275397507, issued on Feb 7, 2024. Check the license (Mississippi 906510, as entered in NPPES) with the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Linton Hughes
- Credential
- FNP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 906510 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 975 Hall St, Wiggins, MS 39577
- Phone
- (601) 528-9119
- Enumerated
- Feb 7, 2024
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240305003902); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melanie Linton Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Mississippi board licenses this profession
Search for license 906510Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
601 Medicare Part D claims for 241 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone50 claims
- Azithromycin40 claims
- Cephalexin39 claims
- Amoxicillin26 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass26 claims
- Gabapentin23 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $374.28
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wiggins Primary CareWiggins, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melanie Linton Hughes among 3,798 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi
Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP is one of 3,798 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Mississippi. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 87% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2023 · median 2017 among the 2,576 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Wiggins
They are 10 of the 97 NPPES records with a practice address in Wiggins, and 3,798 family nurse practitioner records in Mississippi.
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The 8 family nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Erin CoueyWiggins, MS 395771750229118
- William Gibboney, DNP, FNP-C, ACNP-BCWiggins, MS 395771225202864
- Maranda Husley, FNP-CWiggins, MS 395771548774037
- Christine Ladner, FNPWiggins, MS 395771891223186
- Michelle McQueen, FNPWiggins, MS 395771922381466
- Lycel Nall, FNP-BCWiggins, MS 395771316518731
- Kendra Samuel, FNPWiggins, MS 395771386125383
- Crystal Stafford, FNP-CWiggins, MS 395771851816797
Common questions
What is Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP's NPI number?
Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275397507, issued on Feb 7, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 975 Hall St, Wiggins, MS, 39577. Phone: (601) 528-9119. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 906510, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Linton Hughes, FNP had 601 Medicare Part D claims for 241 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.